Research team to pick up platforms

Tuesday

Indeed, the storm landed in southern Lousiana about 6:45 p.m., bringing high winds and torrential rains, lumbering toward New Orleans, about 90 miles away, enroute to Baton Rouge.

Authorities in Louisiana and Mississippi said about 100,000 people in Louisiana and Mississippi were without power late Tuesday afternoon.

Pictures of the hurricane illustrate the 20 probes deployed across Louisiana and Mississippi.

"My team is done deploying and back in Covington, La.," said John Schroeder in an email Tuesday afternoon. "The other team is deploying a couple last platforms along the coastline of Mississippi, and then we will retreat back to Covington for the night."

Karin Slyker, senior writer with the Communications and Marketing Department at Texas Tech, said the team, split in two, has been busy.

"One team is covering the Gulfport to Pascagoula in Mississippi, and team two is from Slidell, La., to Gulfport."

Schroeder expects the team to finish picking platforms at the end of the week.

"We will attempt to start picking the platforms back up late tomorrow (Wed.), and hopefully finish on Thursday," he said.

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